Working More for Less: Part-time Penalties Across the Working Hours Distribution?

Tom Günther, Ulrich Schneider and Fabian Stürmer-Heiber

No 25, Berlin School of Economics Discussion Papers from Berlin School of Economics

Abstract: We use German administrative and survey data to investigate the heterogeneity of part-time penalties in hourly wages and growth rates. Exploiting tax reforms for identification, we find substantial heterogeneity in part-time wage penalties from −28.3% to −7.2% compared to full-time. The heterogeneity in wage growth penalties is less pronounced. Both penalties do not decrease linearly with additional working hours. More weekly working hours might result in a higher hourly wage penalty. The shape of the penalties is driven by workers with non-demanding tasks and professions where working around 30 weekly hours is uncommon, and relatively many females work.

Keywords: part-time employment; wage dynamics; female labor supply (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J16 J24 J31 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 77 pages
Date: 2023-09-15
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DOI: 10.48462/opus4-5074

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